Improved gate-hinge



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

L. E. VVOODARD, OF COHOC'ION, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED GATE-HINGE.

Specilieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,930, dated October 1li, lili.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, L. C. VVOODARD, ot' Gohocton, in the county of Steuben and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gate-Hinge; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion thereof, which will enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference heilig had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a gate-hinge with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a front-end elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan or top view.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in elongating the eye or pintle-hole of a gatehinge in such a manner that it will allow the eye a longitudinal play upon the pintle, whereby the forward end of the gate maybe raised and lowered for opening and closing it, thus dispensing with the use of latches and the like, a rigid catch heilig used, as well as preventing all sagging of the gate upon its hinges when it is closed.

A designates the gate; B, the fence-post at its forward end, and C the fence-post at its rear end.

The post@ carries two pintles, au, on which to mount the gate in the usual manner; and the post B carries a catch, b, into which one of.' the rails ot' the gate may be thrown when the gate is to be held closed.

D D are the hinges, or rather lugs, having eyes in them, which are to be placed over the pintles b, to constitute a hinge.

The pecularity of my invention consists in elongating the eyes or pintle-holcs l1 in these lugs D in such manner that the eye will be allowed a longitudinal play upon the pintle.A

L. E. WOODARD.

Witnesses L. B. HEALY, D. S. BRAKE. 

